Automobile-lamp-control mechanism



J. MlSKEY.

AUTOMOBILE LAMP CONTROL MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-4. 1919.

1 ,3 14,28 1 Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

3 SHEETS-SHEET1 K 7/2421 INVENTOR/ ATTORNEY J. MISKEY.

AUTOMOBILE LAMP CONTROL MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4. I919.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

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AUTOMOBILE LAMP CONTROL MECHANISM. APPLICIATION FILED'1AN.4. 1919i '1 ,31 4,28 1 Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

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AIlTOMOBILE-LAMP-CONTROL MlSCI-IANISM.

I Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

- Application filed January 4, 1919. Serial No. 269.567.

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Be it known that I, JULIUs lllisnny, a c t-izen of Hungary, residing atDayton. 1n the county of ltlontgomery and State of Ohio,

have invented certain new and useful 1mrovements in A-utom'obile-Lamp-Control lechanism, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in light control mechanism forautomobiles.

The. object of the invention is to provide. means for controlling thelights of automobiles in such a manner as to cause a ready observance ofthe lights by pedestrians as well as the occupants of other automobiles.The control mechanism moves the lumps on one or other side of theautomobile to indicate the turns either to one or the other side and themechanism includes means thatare operated from the drivcrs seat to causea light to appear on one or the othcr side of the automobile and at thefront thereof to indicate the direction in which the machine is going toturn. c

In advance of a more particular description of the invention referenceis made in general terms to the accompanying drawings of which Figure 1is an elevation of the front end of an automobile to which my improvedlight control mechanism is applied. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thefront end of an automobile having said li ht con-- trol mechanismap)licd. Fig. 3 is a detachcd view of the light control mechanism whichopcratcs the lamp on one side, the mechanism for operating the lamp onthe other side being a duplicate of that shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 4 is atop plan view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detailvicw'of the outer end of one pair of the tracks and which are includedin .the

lazy tongs when it is desired to show the light on one or the other sideof the machine. F g. i is a side view of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a sectionalview ot'onc ot the pulleys shown in Fig. 3 and ()1. the line !l!lthereof and Fig. 10 IS a detail sectlonal view showing the bearing, ofone end of a pair of levers of the lazy tongs, this view being on theline 10-10 of Fig. 3. i

In a detail description of my invention similar ret'crcncc charactersindicate corrc: spondiug parts in the several views of the drawings aswell as thc description.

The lamp control mechanism is inclosed in suitable casings 1-l from theopposite chds of which extend two sct s. of tracks !-'i said tracksbeing rigidly united to the back 3 of the casings. The tracks are unitedby bars 4 which support the outer ends of each pair of tracks. Thecasings 1-1' with'thcir extended tracks 2-2' are mounted in the front ofthe automobile radiator o in any suitable manner. As shown in Fig. '2the means for mounting said casings andtracks in a horizontal positionconsists of upper and lower brackets ('-(i which securely hold the saidcasings and tracks in a horizontal position as shown in Fig. l.ltctcrring to Fig. 3 the mechanism there shown is duplicated, one set ofsaid mechanism being cmploycd in using 1 for the light on one side ofthe automobileand one set in casing l for the other side. It willtherefore :be necessary to describe one side of such light controlmechanism only, but referring to Fig. -l briefly the other casing 1 liesin the rear of the casing 1 and is supportcd h the same back wall 3.Within this casing l is the same setv of mechanism as disclosed in 'Fig.3 or rather a similar set of mechanism as well as tracks :2'--2projecting from the end thereof. The duplicated mechanism consists of anassemblage ol levers T comprising a lazy tongs said lcvcl's beingpivolall) conncctcd at the ends by rivets H and in the centers b riutsl0. "wtwccn lhc cnds of each of said lcvcrs balls t) are incloscd insuitable cavities to provid antil'ricl ion bcarings al the cnd.- ol' thelever to l'acililate a l'rcc and cas v movement in the opening andclosing thcrcol'. .\ll of the pivots 10 at. the centers ol' the lcvcrsmove as the system of lcvcrs is expanded or contraclml." The two lcvcl'sadjacent t the inner cxircmc end lcvcrs arc, however. pivoted bv a pinor rivct 11 which is lixcd in its position by hcing secured to a guide12 which guide is secured to two posts 125- 13 on tllodnlclt 2, ot' thecasing at its ends. 'lhc'two inncr extreme levers ii are pivoted at. 16to a slide 15in said guide 12 and to which one cnd ol'a chain 17 isconncctcd by means ol a button or head 18 which is secured to said slide15.

' 24 which is pivoted to the chassis ot' the machine. The lower arm ofthe bell-crank lever 24 is connected with a rod 25 having a universalconnection 26 at its upper end with a crank arm 27. See Fig. 2. Thecrank arm 27 is connected with the lower end of an operating rod 28which extends up alongside the steering post tube 29 and. is connectedbelow the steering wheel 30 to a lever 31. See Fig. 7. The lever 31 isturned from the position shown in Fig. 7 in operating the lazy tongs toextend the lamp to the outward position. A bearing in the form of aplate 32 is secured C0 the steering post tube 29 below the steerin wheeland immediatel below the lever 31. In this plate 32 there is a notch orrecess The downwardly extended end 34 of a latch coiiperates with saidnotch said latch being pivoted at 36 below the lever 31 and having itsouter end confined within a keeper 37 which projects from the under sideof the lever 31 near the end of said lever. Between this lever 35 andthe lever 31 there is a plate spring 38 one end of which is secured tothe under side of the lever 31 and the free end of which normallypresses the lever in a manner to cause thecnd 34 thereof to enter thenotch 33 in theplate 32. lVhcn the lever 35 thus engages the, notch 33the lazy tongs shown in Fig. 3 is open or expanded. The

end of the lazy tongs opposite that connected to the chain 1 7 isconnected with a carriage consisting of vertical bars 31) and end crossbars 40, the connection between the outer end of the lazy tongs andcarriage thus formed being by means of a plate 41 which is connected toone of the bars 3 of the carriage and the' center of the outermost linksof the lazy tongs by a rivet ll which forms a pivot. Two rollers 42 aremounted at each end of the carriage and'thesc rollers travel along'thetracks'2 when the lazy tongs is expanded or contracted. Secured to theouter end oi the carriage so consisting of the parts 35) and 40 is alamp housing 43 the front face of \vhich has an opci'iing in the presentcase an opening 44 in the term of a star which is closed by a glassplate 45 which may be. colored. for example red or green, and behindthis glass plate 45 an iin-aiulescent lamp 4t placed. the same heinshown in dotted lines in Fl". 3. The

said lamp is connected by means of circuit wires 47 and 1L8 to contactmembers 49 and 50 .which are secured to the vertical bars 39 of thecarriage. At the outer end of the tracks 2 there are contact members 51and 52 which connect in the electrical circuit of the automobile whichit has not been deemed necessary to illustratebecause of its Wellknownuse in automobile service. It will be understoodthat as-the'lamp 46 ismoved outwardly by the carriage through the expansion of the lazy tongsthe contact members it!) and 50 will make contact with mem-' of springsone of which to-wit 53, consisting of a number of leaves or platesplaced one against theother and secured at its center to one of thepivots 10. The ends of this spring bear against pins 5-2 secured to thetwo next adjacent levers. The leaf'spring 55 is secured at 56 to one ofthe levers 7 and bears against a pin 57 on one of the other levers. Whenthe lazy tongs are expanded these springs are stored with energy owingto'their engaging the pins on the levers, and when the lever 35, Fig. 8,isreleased from the notch'33 the force of the springs 53 and 55, movingto their normal conditions, will close the lazy tongs and draw in thelamp. It will be seen from Fig. 1 of the drawings that the tracks 22cxtend outwardly on a each side of the 'adiator 5 and the lanip on eachside is moved to a position above the tender (ii) of the automobile. Ittherefore follows that the lamp is not projected out beyond the width ofthe automobile but is contincd within the limits of its width so thatthere is no danger of the lamp or the attachment coming in contact withany obstruction that would tend to damage the same or render itinoperative. In order to prevent the two outermost levers 7 of thesystem closing entirely upon the two adjacent levers when the systemcontracted I provide two stops 58 which are attached to the twooutermost levers and are projected inwardly to engage the two inneradjacent levers when the system is closed sufl'iciently to cause suchengagement. As shown in Fig. 3 the two outermost levers are held aparttrom the ad- 'accnt overs bv this means and owin to this i u/ h thesystem is more easily expanded and without any interruption when thelever 31, Fig.

7 is moved to the. position to 'cause the latch 33 to engage the notch33, during which the chain pulls on the outer end of the lazytongs.

Having described my invention I claim: In a lamp control mechanism, acasing having double tracks extended from the outer end-thereof and asingle track at the 5 inner end, a lazy-tongs within said casing, acarriage mounted on said double track and connected to the outer end ofthe said lazy- 'tongs, a housing mounted on said carriage. a

slide connected to the inner end of said lazytongs and movable on thesingle track, a chain connected to said slide for actuating thelazy-tongs to extend the same, and leaf springs mounted on saidlazy-tongs for retracting the. same.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. 15

; JULIUS MISKEY.

